Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Pure Cap Hot Sauce

Photo: Jason Tanz

Threat Level: Red. Pure Cap is just soy oil and capsaicin, the pain-inducing chemical in peppers. This weapons-grade condiment is 3 percent capsaicin (most pepper spray is around 5 percent). When our copy editors need a pick-me-up, or just relief from dangling modifiers, we pipette a few microliters into their coffee. Bam! That’s every vallinoid ion channel in your face commanding you to spit it out.